Claire and I spent a few days in Changewater visiting Grandma and Pappy Devlin. She had a blast showing off her new kicking and punching skills and flashed them lots of her big dimpled smiles. Great "Grambo" and Elmer came for a visit as well as my friend Karen.

At night Claire and I shared the same bedroom that Marcie and I shared while growing up.... The same room that once had a rainbow mural on one wall and posters of Kirk Cameron, Ricky Schroder, and Ralph Macchio on the other three....The same room where I actually sat, wrote down, and memorized all of the words to Rob Base's "It Takes Two" (yeah Karen...you know what I'm talking about!) whispered late night phone calls to my girlfriends, cried over boys, and had drunken chocolate cake fights with Moller and the Roesnner brothers (sorry Mom & Dad!)...The same room where I slept the night before my wedding and now the room where I lay (lie?) and listen to all of the familiar creaks and squeaks mixed in with the steady breathing of my sleeping baby girl. What can I say? I guess motherhood has made me sentimental!